English 10A Vocab 1st Set

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Feigning

Noun- the act of pretending or putting on a show in order to decieve

Adj- pretending

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Cunning

Noun- craftiness

Adj- crafty, sly, made with ingenuity

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Trinkets

Noun- a small ornament, piece of jewelry, ect.

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Knave

Noun- dishonest person, untrustworthy

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Brandished

Verb- to shake or wave in a triumphant way

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Abide

Verb- to continue or stay, to dwell or reside, to tolerate or endure

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Dolorous

Adj- mournful, causing pain or sorrow

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Audaciously

Adj- fearless, extremely original, lively

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Supplicated

Verb- to pray humbly or made humble

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Wayward

Adj- disobedient, irregular

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Palpable

Adj- plainly seen or heard

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Entreat

Verb- beg, ask earnestly

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Befall

Verb- to happen or occur

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Beseeched

Verb- to beg eagerly

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Woe

Noun- distress or trouble, interjection an exclamation of grief

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Thwarted

Verb- to frustrate or baffle or oppose

Adj- stubborn

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Odorous

Adj- diffusing an odor

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Cad

Noun- an ill bread man, one who behaves dishonorable toward women

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Puerile

Adj- childish, immature

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Orthopedics

Noun- branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement

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Pedagogue

Noun- a teacher

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Pendant

Noun- a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules than to understanding

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Entity

Noun- something that has a real or independent existence

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Nonentity

Noun- a person or thing of no importance

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Essence

Noun- the basic element, the identifying characteristic

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Moribund

Adj- about to die or end

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Mortify

Verb- to shame

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Postmortem

Noun- an examination to determine the cause of death, an autopsy

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Euthanasia

Noun- the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal, mercy killing

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Innate

Adj- possessed at birth, inborn

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Naive

Adj- childlike, unsophisticated

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Nascent

Adj- emerging, coming into existence

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